Mary, Your Bowers line is very interesting; however, the Bowers family I know of in connection with my husband's lineage intertwine with Wissinger, Baker, Furry, etc., located in the area around Hagerstown, Funkstown and Boonsboro. The Wissinger- Traver-Bowers-Furry-Baker people show up in Pine Creek Township and Rockvale Township. However, that probably doesn't mean anything when we get back some more generations. Thanks for your interest, Mary. What really interests me is Daniel Bowers and Nancy Stoner. I have a great, great grandmother who was Barbara Stoner married to Daniel Newcomer. The Stoner family were quite prominent in Pennsylvania and Maryland. I know some Stoner families came to Carroll Co., IL. Barbara Stoner and Daniel Newcomer are buried in Elkhorn Brick Church Cemetery on the Ogle-Carroll Co. line. I often wondered if Barbara Stoner Newcomer had relatives in Carroll Co., else why did they settle in Eagle Point Twp., when the rest of the Newcomer family, including my great grandparents settle in Mt. Morris Township? Bye for now, Harriet Miller Fletcher 205 E. Lincoln St. Mt. Morris, IL 61054